The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
HOW coDfrotl ARE CAUGHT
yvhcrc the Finest Fis, Arn Found-rorc-
runners of the Coming Catch.

"T,!c deep cca commercial fc1 come
cut cf tho cold ycGtcr ecas,' said en- cu-
i.o.ity on The subject tho other day TO
correspondent. at is rot true that the
cod AID hcrri:lG migrate to TIC C-c..c
seas. a9 was o.co believed. These i.S.,
arc local il their halit9 and confined to q
limited crc2, governed il t..cir move
nrc2t5 h. 4 Ga.ily e food. The i..n;i'ica 10
SPAWN ;:ad TIC temperature CT the v':tcs.
They 70 oUt f-ocl Tho coll wctcrp to ito
werner to spawn. a2l como Ecc,: a:.,.a.:l
il n erect Inc. Like ell animals which
h.vc homes, t,ley COMO to tho place Of
t..c.r l!:th for reproductive Iurpcsc1.
Generations CT i3h from inl,acmcvial tho
have Cone l2c!l to tnc!r E2tivo lcclio
and orors9. Tho ccd G.ors itl gown
free i::to t,:.o coc ct {, considerable t.iotcnco
from to lo:to:l. Tho orcwn dacs nc
s:-,,;, lut swi:1,3 rccr tic su-fcco il
Transparent c~Sc. c:,d il about Ei:::.cc:I
daya tlcJ Ec,ch. Tho rlclo fish il
s,,Gy4,?i:,.; Gwia2g Deeper than tho female,
and tAc rl;is rises, c3 cocn co il is rcu"od
OFT, 10 tho surface. Tho young cod il
is .:et yccr crows to Ec feet lcnG. Il
ca::::ct rcY-o@Ccc III il il 4 years cd.
"IEc Loy III. Harvey. CT 1'cv'fcurG-
larA, il ll;1 l:,at.c:.y CT that ialcnd pub
l;2,icd OIL foi:r years aCo, Gays that The
Gncct c0c..Gh does net GlTi::l nccr Ccnd
Lc":c by the rulf G;;"carl c. Tic ST. Law
e.c;, but uroa roc.:y Eottcn,, which
sometimes il oaly fifty feet below TIC
s;,-f2cc, brt generally nearer 200. There
Is al o::tcr bank called TIC false lcnl.,
where tho water is ECO CT 500 feet deep.
Tho fGllinS GROUNDS Lave en- extent CT
600 m.lcs lo2g ~ co niles wide, ::Id Thu
particularly f.ao ground is called the col
lYc2},ow-, end it les rcvcr Ccc:ccccd il,
projuct.vcnca9. Thirty colG3h mako q
hundred weight when died"
GLOW Go t.,cy l:aow when the cod arc
running ca thc lanl:c?"
"a l.tt.,c f9i called tho carlia, about
scvcn inches lcnG, rrcccGca them, cwi.:l-
ming cn TIC Gu.t.2co il c-o.Hou3 Gva-n,c.
Tho col follow t,lcrl il to G2vour them.
Tho fishermen talio tho capl.a fer Let
Thee little c2rl.n Esh. when they CONC
toward shore, G-o 20 thick that . rlc:1
oa:l stand CT tho banks wi.ha cast;aGEct
nrd lll cart with thcm in an Ecur
Tho caplin are used b. tho farmers fol
nlanr-c, and arc Put up Ike sarlinos
Next come the cQuids CT cuttlcish, wl:ic,
! remain Six CT seven wccl;U, and crc clGc
used fer Eait. Then the herring corlc j..
the fell. These Eait fishes rcn from thc
1Ct CT June til near winter. and witho,:
them hardly anything could Lc dcno i:
caut,.riag tho col."
"N!hy is the Goldfish particularly valu
ablc?"
"Dcoausc you can cat nearly every
part Of it, or use it somehow. Tho hoaf
is good; they mako Guano CT tho ollal cnt
bones al coed % Peruvian guano; fro.:
the Bladder isinglasS is made; they scnt
tho rco to Trance cs Lai5 fer nardiIcS; tl,t
tonGuo and sounds arc sold in Boston ans
Now York fer delicacics.'
"llow Go they take the cod ashore ont
disscct Linz"
"Tho Newfoundland or Capc Droto,
fisherman comes right in from cca cn,
lands ct PLATFORM projecting ovor th
water. With Kind CT pitchfor!s liz
filings tho fish on this; man up thcr,
with sharp l:-ife revers tho gills fror
the belly, Sits tho abdomen to tho vent
and makes u cut on each sitlo Of the hca,
near the haso Of tho skull. Another rl;c:
takes out tho liver fer cod liver oil, Pull
or tho head, removes the bowels, wh.c.
crc thrown into Il ecow fer rlanugc, RI
tongucs and bladdcra nrc taken cut cnt
picked. Then q third man, called n nc,n.
ter, puts the body Of tho fish on It's bac.;
holds il open with tho let hand, and GU.
along enc rido CT the backbone to III
tail. Tho backbone ia thea taken ou
and tho fish saltod on tho floor Gn'
spread out ca fakes to Lc dried. Vie!
they GRO packed they arc divided into g.,
'.e.caantal!c, tho \Tcst India, end T.,
oro!ica fish, TheV'cst India col il cate,
by negroes. ."--Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer